Suga, Biden hail post-disaster cooperation as sign of "special bond"

TOKYO - Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday hailed relief efforts by Japanese and American troops in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan as a sign of the "special bond" between their countries.In a joint statement marking 10 years since the disaster, they looked back on search-and-rescue operations and efforts to provide victims with supplies and transportation by the Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military, as well as the response to the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant."Then, as now, our …READ FULL ARTICLE